Hi everyone,
spent a long day in the car driving back and forth to Goschen just west
of the township of Lake Boga in the NW of Victoria. It was a warm day
and Goschen was very dry but there are still lots of good birds around.
We met local expert Chris Coleborn up at Goschen and he showed us around
a few places. Before we got to Goschen we stopped just SW of Kerang and
found two small groups (about 8 and 4-5) of Grey-crowned Babblers. It
was rather worrying that just near the Babblers we saw a fox crossing
the road. At Goschen we quickly found about 5-10 Black Honeyeaters and
at least 2 (one male one female) Pied Honeyeaters as well as cockatiels,
Hooded Robin and a Budgerigar. We then went on to Round Lake which had a
large flock of Blue-billed Duck (>200) as well as Pink-eared Duck,
Hardhead, Musk Duck, Hoary-headed Grebe and Great-crested Grebe.
Nearby at Tresco West we found a beautiful male Crimson Chat, lots of
White-browed and Masked Woodswallows and Budgies and Blue-bonnets. We
completed our vic list of Chats with an Orange just North of L.
Tutchewop. A very quick stop at Terrick Terrick on the way home added
Red-capped Robin, Gilbert's Whistler and Western Gerygone for a final
list of just short of 100 for the day.
The full Goschen list was
Rainbow Bee-eater
Galah
Cockatiel
Red-rumped Parrot
Budgerigar
Crested Pigeon
Brown Falcon
Brown Treecreeper
Variegated Fairy-wren
Black Honeyeater
Pied Honeyeater
Singing Honeyeater
Yellow-throated Miner
Striated Pardalote
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Hooded Robin
White-browed Babbler
White-winged Chough
Rufous Whistler
Australian Raven
Rufous Songlark
White-browed Woodswallow
White-winged Triller
Willie Wagtail
Fairy Martin
The full Tresco list was
Rainbow Bee-eater
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Blue Bonnet
Red-rumped Parrot
Budgerigar
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Crested Pigeon
Red-necked Avocet
Red-capped Plover
Whiskered Tern
Brown Treecreeper
Variegated Fairy-wren
Black Honeyeater
Yellow-throated Miner
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Crimson Chat
Striated Pardalote
Weebill
White-browed Babbler
White-winged Chough
Rufous Whistler
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
White-winged Triller
Willie Wagtail
Magpie-lark
Tree Martin
Fairy Martin
Rufous Songlark
House Sparrow
The full day list was
Blue-billed Duck
Musk Duck
Black Swan
Australian Shelduck
Pink-eared Duck
Australian Wood Duck
Pacific Black Duck
Grey Teal
Hardhead
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
Galah
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Little Corella
Long-billed Corella
Cockatiel
Musk Lorikeet
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Blue Bonnet
Red-rumped Parrot
Budgerigar
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Eurasian Coot
Marsh Sandpiper
Red-necked Avocet
Red-capped Plover
Masked Lapwing
Silver Gull
Whiskered Tern
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Swamp Harrier
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Brown Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Hoary-headed Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
White-faced Heron
White-necked Heron
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Australian Pelican
Brown Treecreeper
Variegated Fairy-wren
Black Honeyeater
Pied Honeyeater
Singing Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Noisy Miner
Yellow-throated Miner
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird
Crimson Chat
Orange Chat
White-fronted Chat
Striated Pardalote
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Weebill
Western Gerygone
Jacky Winter
Red-capped Robin
Hooded Robin
Grey-crowned Babbler
White-browed Babbler
White-winged Chough
Gilbert's Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Australian Raven
Pied Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike
White-winged Triller
Willie Wagtail
Magpie-lark
Common Blackbird
Common Starling
Common Myna
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Fairy Martin
Clamorous Reed-Warbler
Rufous Songlark
Brown Songlark
House Sparrow
Richard's Pipit
Zebra Finch
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